Transitioning into Noise: 1930s Film Technology Debates in India
Lecture Neepa Majumdar (University of Pittsburgh) Using film excerpts, ads for sound recording and projection equipment, sound technicians’ columns, as well as reports by and about salesmen-technicians, such as the Americans Wilford Deming Jr. and C. Willman, this talk will present debates about audio technologies and sonic cultures circulating in India during the period of cinema’s […]